>> How does the requirement that it be implemented as a codec miss the >> point? > > If we want it to be the default, it must be able to fallback on the current > locale-based algorithm if no BOM is found. I don't think it would be easy for > a > codec to do that.
Yes - however, Victor currently apparently *doesn't* want it to be the default, but wants the user to specify encoding="BOM". If so, it isn't the default, and it is easy to implement as a codec. >> FWIW, I agree with Walter that if it is provided through the encoding= >> argument, it should be a codec. If it is built into the open function >> (for whatever reason), it must be provided by some other parameter. > > Why not simply encoding=None? I don't mind. Please re-read Walter's message - it only said that *if* this is activated through encoding="BOM", *then* it must be a codec, and could be on PyPI. I don't think Walter was talking about the case "it is not activated through encoding='BOM'" *at all*. > The default value should provide the most useful > behaviour possible. Forcing users to choose between two different > autodetection > strategies (encoding=None and another one) is a little insane IMO. That wouldn't disturb me much. There are a lot of things in that area that are a little insane, starting with Microsoft Windows :-) Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
